Items found in nature can be used to reduce the chemicals used in many of today’s products. The current sustainability revolution provides an opportunity to re-engineer all aspects of our modern lifestyle.

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WWF has created the Water Risk Filter, a tool that helps companies identify their water related risks and develop ways to address them.

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Public companies are increasingly tracking earth-related metrics, from waste to water to carbon and energy. As a HIP investor, you will see improvements in reporting these metrics over time, and will be better prepared to identify leading companies who will have higher profits and shareholder value.

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The Keystone XL pipeline would only create 20 permanent jobs in the six states along its proposed route, according to a recent study.

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By Scott Bryan, Chief Operating Officer, Imagine H2O “We are planning for water for a century to come,” the San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Page wrote in 1913 of the decision to build the O’Shaughnessy Dam and flood the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Almost a century later, snowpack supplying the Bay Area with water is at a [...]

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While smart buildings and campuses show amazing results due to asset management and building improvements that impact energy use, spatial planning and inhabitant safety, smart cities go beyond structural enhancements to impacting urban planning, environment, energy and water, transportation, education, health, public safety and government and agency administration.

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Water-Gen developed a technology that turns air into water, in order to ensure that military troops have available drinking water even in rough field conditions. The system can be installed on any vehicle and produce 40-80 liters of drinking water per day.

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A new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP Water Disclosure Global Report 2011: Raising corporate awareness of global water issues presents water findings from 190 companies around the world.

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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Unilever announced the launch of the Unilever Foundation, a global charity that will be key to helping the company reach its goal of improving the health and quality of life of more than one billion people around the world. This is an ambitions goal, but it’s one that fits very well with Unilever’s brand and strengths.

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Pepsico and its rival Coco-Cola have often been accused of over-exploitation of water in India. Both companies have been engaging in water footprint analysis to understand the problem, as well as stewardship activities. Pepsico recently announced that all their plants in India are water positive.  According to their reports, they were the first beverage company in India [...]

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Kraft Foods, the second largest food producer in the world, recently announced the results of a survey measuring its climate impacts, land and water use. The study was intended to provide a more thorough picture of the company’s complete environmental footprint, going beyond direct use and emissions to look at the entire supply chain. The project [...]

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The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA Design Strategy Program at California College of the Arts. The rest of the posts are presented here. By Ryan Wilday As an industrial designer, and design strategist, I am a prolific user of paper. Whether [...]

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Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee recently released a report in which it argues that the “perfect storm” of declining water supply and rising demand are likely to make water the critical limiting resource of our time. The report, entitled “Peak Water: The Preeminent 21st Century Commodity Story,” paints a convincing picture of a world that is [...]

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The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA Design Strategy Program at California College of the Arts. The rest of the posts are presented here. By Corine Prothero Effective sustainability conversations need to be heard everywhere. Select students, communities, grassroots movements, businesses, and [...]

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 By Andy Wales, SABMiller plc Whilst the debates at Durban struggle to agree a way forward on climate, a more fundamental change is needed in the form of a paradigm shift in viewing the world’s environmental problems. Today, environmental challenges are still often looked at as standalone crises. But the challenges around climate change, water, [...]

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Environmentalist David De Rothschild believes that the paradigm rift between green and industry is partially due to both sides succumbing to a barrage of moralistic and highly-politicized rhetoric.

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One of the most humbling and inspiring presentations at Opportunity Green 2011 was given by Gaylon White, Director of Design Programs for Eastman Chemical Company. He told the story of the development of a new water treatment technology called the HydroPack. The HydroPack is a twelve-ounce plastic bag that can be thrown into any (that’s right, ANY) contaminated water source and within eight to twelve hours, it produces an electrolyte and nutrient enriched drink free of viruses, bacteria, and even heavy metals.

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We are MBA students studying the interconnections of sustainability and business at the Presidio Graduate School. As part of our curriculum, we are developing a capital markets mechanism to monetize ecosystem services that would incentivize communities to preserve and/or rehabilitate vital local ecosystems, such as watersheds. This is a letter of inquiry to engage the Packard Foundation (the Foundation) as an investor in a proof of concept pilot project for the above model.

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Jeans from Levi Strauss & Co. just got greener. The company has had its eye on the CSR ball for several years and, having completed a carbon and water footprint of the jean manufacturing process, has now begun working with suppliers to reduce the impact of its product. The company determined that one pair of jeans [...]

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On Tuesday, while Israelis celebrated the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza for five years by Hamas, the team of TaKaDu, an Israeli start-up had another reason for celebration. That same day their company was the “Company of the Year – Europe & Israel” in the prestigious 2011 Global Cleantech [...]

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Philippe Cousteau, grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, aimed to accomplish two goals when he spoke at SXSW Eco last week. First, he came to talk about environmental conservationism with a receptive audience. Second, he came to announce two new endeavors, a conscious investment fund, and a grant-making foundation. Cousteau’s polished speech hit all the [...]

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“The golden age of water is over,” asserted Charles Fishman, author of “The Big Thirst,” as he shared a sweeping view of global water usage with participants at the recent Commit!Forum in New York. Fishman presented alternating stories of dramatic progress in water management and accounts of worsening access to clean drinking water as he described [...]

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Some people passionately argue that going green has nothing to do with large-scale job creation and in fact destroys jobs in the fossil fuel industry that can’t be replaced. Well, there’s a new report from Green For All that debunks that notion. It says that upgrading water and wastewater infrastructure would create nearly 1.9 million [...]

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This post has been entered in TckTckTck’s contest to sent a blogger to cover Rio+20. If you like what you see, give it a Facebook Like and head over to TckTckTck’s Facebook page to give it a like there as well. You heard that right. Some years back, Vestergaard Frandsen, a company operating under a Humanitarian [...]

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I love reading about little innovations that make life easier for so many people with eco-friendly solutions. In the realm of water conservation, every drop is precious and rain water is one of the purest forms of water before it reaches the ground. It has long been used for non-potable uses and rain water harvesting [...]

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This article highlights the importance of protecting oceans as the planet’s life support system, and makes the connection between ocean issues and other environmental problems such as climate change.

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SLDI co-founder Terry Mock was invited recently by the Rotary International’s Port Orford, Oregon chapter to give a presentation on the SLDI pioneering sustainable land development model project Ocean Mountain Ranch located just outside the Port Orford city limits. Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation missions offer excellent complements to the holistic SLDI Code™ sustainable development [...]

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About a month ago, Puma, one of the world’s leading clothing brands, was asked by Reuters if the company would end its business relationship with Yonguor Textile of China. This question was raised after Greenpeace published a report profiling the problem of toxic water pollution resulting from the release of hazardous chemicals by textile factories [...]

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Yesterday my colleague Phil Covington discussed UPS’ 2010 sustainability report. One of the company’s achievements is the first completion of a map of water risk to UPS facilities worldwide, using the WBCD Global Water Tool. Why did UPS do it? Steve Leffin, Director of Global Sustainability at UPS explains: “[in terms of priority]…after carbon comes [...]

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Sometimes it really is the little things that count. Proving they’re on track to be the coolest airline flying, Virgin America is going out of their way to promote “water bottle refill stations” at San Francisco International Airport. The stations have popped up immediately after the security checkpoint to encourage travelers to hang on to [...]

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